A look at the top 100 GenAI consumer apps: ChatGPT leads but the race for the “default AI” is on, global usage is splintering by product, and AI agents arrive
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Internal memo: Lightricks, creator of photo editing app Facetune, is splitting its consumer app unit from its GenAI unit LTX to better capture the growth in AI
Internal memo: Lightricks, creator of photo editing app Facetune, is splitting its consumer app unit from its GenAI unit LTX to better capture the growth in AI
After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them
and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, Including A “Black Qu...
Meta announces Llama 3.3 70B, a text-only model that Meta claims can deliver the performance of its largest Llama model at a lower cost
7.0M — 2,040 … The fine-tuning data includes publicly available … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Meta Unveils New Llama 3.3 70B AI Model with Higher Cost-Efficiency Carl Franzen / VentureBeat : ...
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia says generative AI tools have helped it lower frauds by 30% and reduce call center customer wait times by 40% in 2024
“The technology helped lower frauds by 30% and its AI messaging app trimmed call center customer wait times by 40% this year.” — AI Cuts Scam Losses, Speeds Up Home Loans at Top Australia Bank — w...
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing
if you're paying with iPhone Hamish McKenzie / On Substack : The price of payments — Today, Patreon is in the unenviable position of explaining to creators … Ashley King / Digital Music News : The ‘...
Daydream, which is building a search engine for personalized shopping using GenAI, ML, and computer vision, raised a $50M seed co-led by Forerunner and Index
For retailers, e-commerce is a bit of a puzzle at the moment. Online shopping trends are expected to stay strong this year …
Google is rolling out a new AI-powered ad format that shows shoppers how items of clothing would look on different skin tones and body types
it's all generative AI. New from me for @wired https://www.wired.com/... LinkedIn: Lauren Ito : Today Virtual Try On experiences in ads powered by GenAI was announced at Google Marketing Live! Proud ...
Google launches Gemini 1.5 for developers and enterprise users, with a context window of up to 1M tokens, and says Gemini 1.5 Pro is on par with Gemini Ultra
but you won't be able to enjoy it just yet Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide : I test AI for a living and Google's Gemini Pro 1.5 is a true turning point Shaurya Tomer / Hindustan Times : Google DeepMind an...